After more than a year of exposure on this coastal site we have a pretty clear idea of how the timber finishes tested will stand up to the elements....if the timber is to retain some colour for more than a year…

Why build a workshop before a house? After moving into our Mayfield East home, we quickly realised that converting the existing cottage to our own design would need deconstructing before the creation of anything new. In reorganising existing rooms, available storage would be lost and…

An early milestone moment, install complete on the main structural steel framing. The built form and physical scale of major rooms begin to appear. This moment will quickly be lost, scaffolding will start to go up. For the coming months the…

The pleasure in the experience of making a building is understandably at the completion of the project, but moments of making, the collaborations with the client, consultants, builders, sub-contractors, craftsmen, the discovery of unforeseen opportunities is equally valuable to us. Reaching…

Being prepared for the unexpected is an unfortunate reality in the construction process. Our builder Evan Graham Master Builder began working with a local bricklayer, constructing the brick sample wall to prototype elements of the brick detailing. After building…

Central to the experience of the Whitebridge house is the creation of a large covered outdoor living room – The Garden Room. Orientated to capture the native bushland and distant (filtered) ocean views. The Garden Room is arranged around an…